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SOC 400 - Introductory Sociology
Credits:
4.00
Overview of sociology as the scientific study of human
social and cultural relationships. Social theory, methods
and techniques of research, and current research findings
on a wide range of social issues.
SOC 400H - Honors/Introductory Sociology
Credits:
4.00
Overview of sociology as the scientific study of human
social and cultural relationships. Social theory, methods
and techniques of research, and current research findings
on a wide range of social issues. Writing intensive.
SOC 400W - Introductory Sociology
Credits:
4.00
Overview of sociology as the scientific study of human
social and cultural relationships. Social theory, methods
and techniques of research, and current research findings
on a wide range of social issues. Writing intensive.
SOC 444A - Society in the Arctic
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to societies of the far North today, from
Alaska and Canada through Greenland, Iceland, northern
Scandinavia and Russia. Reviews interconnected issues of
social change, environment, sustainable development, local
control, and modernization vs. traditions. Arctic dilemmas
highlight some basic questions facing all societies in the
21st century. Writing intensive.
SOC 502 - Statistics
Credits:
4.00
Elementary applied statistical techniques; tables, graphs,
cross-classifications; central tendency and dispersion;
correlation and linear regression; confidence intervals and
hypothesis testing. No credit for students who have
completed ADM 430, BIOL 528, ADMN 420, EREC 525, HHS 540,
MATH 439, MATH 539, MATH 644, PSYC 402, but petitions for
acceptance of such courses to fulfill the sociology major
requirement in statistics will be entertained.
SOC 502H - Honors/Statistics
Credits:
4.00
Elementary applied statistical techniques; tables, graphs,
cross-classifications; central tendency and dispersion;
correlation and linear regression; confidence intervals and
hypothesis testing. No credit for students who have
completed ADM 430, BIOL 528, ADMN 420, EREC 525, HHS 540,
MATH 439, MATH 539, MATH 644, PSYC 402, but petitions for
acceptance of such courses to fulfill the sociology major
requirement in statistics will be entertained.
SOC 515 - Introductory Criminology
Credits:
4.00
Introduces the scientific study of crime. Reviews the
different forms of criminal behavior, theories of crime,
and strategies of crime control.
SOC 520 - Family
Credits:
4.00
Sociological study of marriage and the family in American
society. Following a life-cycle approach, topics include
gender roles, communication and conflict, dating and mate
selection, work and family economics, the transition to
parenthood, middle- and late-life family, divorce, and
remarriage.
SOC 520H - Honors/Family
Credits:
4.00
Sociological study of marriage and the family in American
society. Following a life-cycle approach, topics include
gender roles, communication and conflict, dating and mate
selection, work and family economics, the transition to
parenthood, middle- and late-life family, divorce, and
remarriage.
SOC 525 - Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
Credits:
4.00
Crime, violence, and the criminal justice system as it
affects children and youth in the role of both
perpetrators and victims.
SOC 535 - Homicide
Credits:
4.00
Introduces to theory and research in homicide studies,
including a review of the origins of and social responses
to homicide.
SOC 540 - Private Troubles, Public Issues: Contemporary Social Problems
Credits:
4.00
This course introduces students to the study of major
social problems in contemporary society, including
poverty, discrimination, inequality, crime, violence, and
environmental degradation. Explores how and why people come
to view certain social conditions as problematic. Also
explores the consequences of and possible solutions to
contemporary social problems. This course fulfills the
requirement in the Social Science category of UNH's
Discovery Program.
SOC 540W - Social Problems
Credits:
4.00
This course introduces students to the study of major
social problems in contemporary society, including
poverty, discrimination, inequality, crime, violence, and
environmental degradation. Explores how and why people come
to view certain social conditions as problematic. Also
explores the consequences of and possible solutions to
contemporary social problems. This course fulfills the
requirement in the Social Science category of UNH's
Discovery Program. Writing intensive.
SOC 565 - Environment and Society
Credits:
4.00
Environmental and Society focuses on the complex
interactions between human communities and the natural
world. The course considers the interconnected ways that
social systems, the built environment, and related
techologies produce environmental changes, and in turn how
shifts in resources, air, water quality, climate,
biodiversity, and ecosystems force societies to adapt.
SOC 570 - Sexual Behavior
Credits:
4.00
A comparative approach to questions of the universality
and variability of human sexual behavior. Topics include
the changing expression of sexuality at various stages of
the life cycle, patterns of arousal and response for each
sex, the social control of sexuality, and sexual
dysfunctions.
SOC 595 - Independent Reading and Research
Credits:
2.00 to 8.00
Independent study of advanced or specialized topics in
sociology requiring extensive reading and writing. Before
registering, students must develop a project in
consultation with a faculty supervisor and submit a
proposal to the undergraduate committee. Prereq: 12
sociology credits and permission.
SOC 597 - Special Topics
Credits:
4.00
Occasional or experimental offerings. May be repeated for
different topics.
SOC 599 - Sociological Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Basic skills essential to sociological study, including:
development of critical reading skills; evaluation of
theory construction and evidence; analysis of classic and
contemporary works, research, writing, and use of library
resources. To be taken by sociology majors no later than
the junior year. Writing intensive.
SOC 601 - Methods of Social Research
Credits:
4.00
Overview of major research methods: survey analysis,
personal interview, participant observation, content
analysis, and experimental design. Each student designs and
completes a research project. Prereq: SOC 502 or equivalent
and SOC 599; juniors and seniors only. Writing intensive.
SOC 611 - Sociological Theory
Credits:
4.00
Analysis of the origins and development of sociological
theory. Includes the classical works of Marx, Weber, and
Durkheim and their connections to the major strands of
present day research. Writing intensive.
SOC 612 - Topics in Sociological Theory
Credits:
4.00
Major schools, concepts, and issues in present-day
sociological theory. Functionalism, conflict theory,
feminist theory, social constructionism, systems theory,
critical theory, and hermeneutics are among the possible
topics. Prereq: SOC 611. Writing intensive.
SOC 620 - Drugs and Society
Credits:
4.00
Provides students with an overview of drug using behavior
as viewed from a sociological perspective. Highlights
historical and current drug use trends, examines the social
correlates of drug use, considers societal responses to
drug use including treatment, prevention, and policy, and
engages students in key controversial debates confronting
U.S. citizens and policymakers. Provides a foundation for
understanding of drugs and society.
SOC 625 - Mental Health and Society
Credits:
4.00
This course introduces students to sociological approaches
for studying and understanding mental health and illness
in society. With an Emphasis on the importance of social
stress, we examine the distribution of mental illness in
the United States and identify the factors that help to
explain mental health differences across social roles and
statuses.
SOC 630 - Sociology of Gender
Credits:
4.00
Gender examined as (1) socially constructed differences
between the sexes, and (2) a system of social relations,
which are part of the fabric of our social institutions.
Topics include gender socialization, gender and education,
gender and employment, and work-family intersections.
Attention paid to the issue of gender inequalities and to
the intersection of class, culture, race-ethnicity, age,
and sexual orientation with gendered experience and
gendered institutions. Focuses primarily on the
contemporary United States.
SOC 635 - Medical Sociology
Credits:
4.00
Interrelationship of health, medicine, and society; the
social construction of wellness, illness, and healing;
age, sex, class, and ethnicity in medical care;
institutional networks and the social control functions of
medicine; roles and relations of physicians, patients,
nurses, and other health workers; medicine in a
cross-national context. Writing intensive.
SOC 645 - Class, Status and Power
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on the major dimensions of inequality, including
class, gender, and race, by exploring the distribution of
economic, political, and social resources within
contemporary societies.
SOC 645W - Class, Status and Power
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on the major dimensions of inequality, including
class, gender, and race, by exploring the distribution of
economic, political, and social resources within
contemporary societies. Writing Intensive.
SOC 655 - Sociology of Law and Justice
Credits:
4.00
Systematic study of how social factors, such as
inequality, differentiation, culture, and organization,
influence the justice process. Historical and
cross-cultural focus on the behavior of the police, courts,
and other legal institutions. Prereq: SOC 515 or
permission; juniors and seniors only.
SOC 656 - Terrorism
Credits:
4.00
This course provides a global assessment of the definition
and nature of terrorism, trends in terrorism over the
course of the past several decades, perspectives concerning
the degree to which cultural, economic, and political
conflict contribute to terrorism, and alternative means for
dealing with terrorism in the age of globalization.
SOC 660 - Urban Sociology
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on urban communities, urbanization, and urban
social issues. Covers the historical development of
cities; the differences between urban, suburban, and rural
communities; urban life styles; and the significance of
poverty and race for understanding contemporary American
cities. Emphasizes American cities, with some consideration
to world patterns of urbanization and the growth,
development, and role of global cities. Writing intensive.
SOC 665 - Environmental Sociology
Credits:
4.00
Interactions between society and the physical environment,
including environmental constraints, population and
economic growth, social impacts of resource development,
large-scale environmental change, and the social bases of
environmental attitudes, behavior, and politics. Writing
intensive.
SOC #670 - Sociology and Non-Fiction Film
Credits:
4.00
Examines nonfiction films as both a method of exploring
social life and a cultural product that reflects its
social environment. Among the topics to be addressed are
the use of photographic images in social science research,
the historical development of documentary film, and the
critical analysis of visual images.
SOC 675 - Sociology of AIDS
Credits:
4.00
Seminar class addresses social, political, emotional, and
bioethical dimensions of HIV infection and AIDS. Specific
topics include the social epidemiology and etiology of
AIDS, stigmatization and the social construction of
disease, community action, AIDS prevention, and ethical
issues in the health care of people with AIDS.
SOC 680 - Sociology of the Holocaust
Credits:
4.00
Examines the origins, realities, and consequences of the
Holocaust as an all-embracing European phenomenon. Topics
include the genocidal policies and procedures of the Nazis
and Soviets with respect to indigenous populations as well
as the role of collaborators. This course is normally
offered only at UNH-Manchester.
SOC 680W - Sociology of the Holocaust
Credits:
4.00
Examines the origins, realities, and consequences of the
Holocaust as an all-embracing European phenomenon. Topics
include the genocidal policies and procedures of the Nazis
and Soviets with respect to indigenous populations as well
as the role of collaborators. This course is normally
offered only at UNH-Manchester. Writing intensive.
SOC 695 - Research on Family Violence in World Perspective
Credits:
4.00
The nature, frequency, causes, and consequences of family
violence, including physical, verbal, material, and sexual
abuse of children; of partners in dating, cohabitating, and
marital relationships; and of the elderly; and also neglect
of children and the elderly. Includes data analysis
projects to provide experience with cross-national
comparative research to test theories about social causes
of family violence and the effects of family violence on
society as a whole. Prereq: SOC 502 (or equivalent), SOC 601
SOC 697 - Special Topics
Credits:
4.00
Occasional or experimental offerings. May be repeated for
different topics. Writing intensive.
SOC 699 - Senior Thesis
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
Independent work in the library or field culminating in a
written senior thesis. Recommended for, but not confined
to, majors intending to pursue graduate studies. Students
must arrange for supervision from two faculty members and
submit a proposal to the Undergraduate Committee before
registering. May be completed in one or two successive
semesters during the senior year. Permission required. May
be repeated up to a maximum of 8 credits.
SOC 699H - Senior Honors Thesis
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
Independent work in the library or field culminating in a
written senior honors thesis and a formal research
presentation. Recommended for, but not confined to, majors
intending to pursue graduate studies. Required for students
participating in the departmental honors program as part of
their 16 honors credits. Students must arrange for
supervision from two faculty members and submit a proposal
to the Undergraduate Committee before registering. May be
completed in one or two successive semesters during the
senior year. Permission required. May be repeated up to a
maximum of 8 credits.
SOC 715 - Criminological Theory
Credits:
4.00
Introduces graduate students and advanced undergraduates
to the major theoretical literature in crime and
delinquency. Covers both classical and contemporary theory,
with empirical assessments of theories, including macro-
and micro-level control, strain, and learning theories, as
well as recent developments in biosocial, deterrence,
labeling, and critical/feminist theories. Permission
required.
SOC 720 - Sociology of Drug Use
Credits:
4.00
Examines licit and illicit drug use from a sociological
perspective. Draws primarily from the sociology of mental
health and criminology to explore a variety of drug-related
topics including historical and current U.S. drug trends,
dominant theoretical approaches about the initiation into,
and continued use of drugs, drug-related crime, therapeutic
use of drugs, prevention and treatment of drug problems,
and drug-related policies. Permission required.
SOC 725 - Social Demography
Credits:
4.00
Social demography examines the linkages between changes in
the size, composition and distribution of the population
and changes in social, environmental, economic and
political factors. The course examines demographic methods
and the materials and the analytical techniques used by
demographers to analyze population redistribution,
fertility, work, marriage, migration and mortality. The
policy implications of demographic change will be examined
with attention to the U.S. as well as the developed and
developing world. Permission required.
SOC 730 - Communities and the Environment
Credits:
4.00
People and the natural environments in which they live
fundamentally structure communities around the globe.
Economic change, expanding development , and human
migration are transforming social and environmental
conditions in both rural and urban settings, altering the
identities of many communities as well as their
relationships with the natural world. The importance of
these emerging social and environmental issues has made
them a focus for social science inquiry. This course
exposes students to a range of sociological concepts,
theories, and research approaches related to the study of
communities and environmental issues. Some of the
substaintive themses that are covered include: population
dynamnics and environmental change; social capital and
social networks; political economy and comunity
development; collective action and social movements;
science, technology, and environmental risks; and
environmental racism and justice. The principal assignment
for the course will be a research project where students
investigate a community or environmental issue of their own
interest. Permission required.
SOC 735 - Sociology of Community
Credits:
4.00
This course analyzes "community" from a sociological
perspective. Community is one of the fundamental concepts
in the sociological literature; this course covers those
aspects of the concept that are concerned with geographic
communities: neighborhoods, communities, cities, etc. It
considers how American communities have changed over time
and what the current characteristics are, and how these
characteristics are related to the "quality of life" in the
communities. Students study theoretical and empirical
approaches to studying communities, particularly but not
exclusively American communities. Among specific areas of
community research covered are: spatial inequality and
concentrated poverty; what housing research shows about the
importance of community to outcomes for families and
children; the impact of community on health; and community
development as a strategy for community change. Permission
required.
SOC 740 - Sociology of Mental Health
Credits:
4.00
Introduces students to different sociological approaches
for studying and understanding mental health and illness.
Students examine the social distribution of mental illness
in the United States and the social-structural factors that
help to explain mental health variations. Also addresses
issues surrounding mental health treatment, systems, and
policies for the mentally ill. Permission required.
SOC #742 - Sociology and Social Policy
Credits:
4.00
Social policy and public policy defined: description of
the policy making process. The political sociology of the
policy-making process; who makes policy and who influences
policy, under what conditions and with what effect.
Definition of social policy research and the various roles
social scientists can adopt for policy-relevant work.
Students are responsible for critiquing the readings and
for preparing a substantial research paper. Permission
required.
SOC 745 - Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality
Credits:
4.00
Sociological perspectives on race and ethnic relations for
graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Topics
include the creation of racial and ethnic identities, the
nature and extent of segregation, education, employment,
and wealth inequalities, and the effects of state policy.
The course emphasizes both theoretical and empirical
assessments. Permission required.
SOC 773 - Sociology of Childhood
Credits:
4.00
Exposes students to a variety of sociological perspectives
about childhood in American society. Stimulates analysis
about how social institutions, like the modern family,
school, economic system, justice system and communications
media affect children. Assumes prior understanding of
important sociological concepts, critical thinking skills
and social science writing ability. Permission required.
Writing intensive.
SOC 776 - Family Violence Research Seminar
Credits:
4.00
Analysis of abusive relationships within the family,
especially physical and sexual abuse of children and
spouses. Each student designs and conducts and empirical
study to test a theory purporting to explain intra-family
violence, the consequences of violence for families and
society, or a study of what might prevent family violence.
Permission required.
SOC 780 - Social Conflict
Credits:
4.00
Analysis of the social conditions associated with the
major forms of conflict management in human societies:
discipline, rebellion, vengeance, negotiation, mediation,
law, therapy, supernaturalism, and avoidance. Permission
required. Writing intensive.
SOC 793 - Internship
Credits:
4.00
Provides upper level sociology majors with an opportunity
to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the
real world. Students meet weekly to discuss assigned
readings, internship progress and semester project. Project
ideas are developed with faculty and internship site
supervisor. Permission required.
SOC 794 - Evaluation of Social Programs
Credits:
4.00
Evaluation research defined: purposes of evaluation, design
of evaluation studies, setting of programs, utilization of
evaluation results. Examination of case studies of
evaluations of social programs. Students are responsible
for designing an evaluation study in their chosen
substantive area. Permission required.
SOC 797 - Special Topics
Credits:
4.00
Occasional or experimental offerings. May be repeated for
different topics. Permission required. Writing intensive.